Pseudosmittia pinhoi Andersen, Saether et Mendes

Ferrington Jr, Leonard C. & Saether, Ole A., 2011, A revision of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932, Allocladius Kieffer, 1913, and Hydrosmittia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 2849, Zootaxa 2849 (1), pp. 1-314 : 169-170

Pseudosmittia pinhoi Andersen, Saether et Mendes

( Fig. 61 A )

Pseudosmittia pinhoi Andersen, Saether et Mendes 2010: 61 . Material examined: BRAZIL: Santa Catarina State, Urubici, Morro da Igreja , cloud forest, 1822m a.s.l., Holotype male, 18.ix-05.xii. 2004, Malaise trap, L.C. Pinho & L.E. M. Bizzo (MZUSP).

Diagnostic characters: The species differs from other members of the group by having third palpomere with 10 sensillae clavata; costal extension 57 µm long, VR 1.67, no anal point, and transverse sternapodeme only slightly arched and without oral projections.

The species known only from the holotype from a cloud forest in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, is described in detail by Andersen et al. (2010: 61) .

Figures

FIGURE 61. Pseudosmittia spp., male. A—P. pinhoi Andersen, Saether et Mendes, hypopygium, left dorsal aspect, right ventral aspect. B—P. paulista Andersen, Saether et Mendes, hypopygium, left dorsal aspect, right ventral aspect. C–E. P. rostriformis Makarchenko et Makarchenko; C—hypopygium; D—inferior volsella; E—virga. [A, B from Andersen et al. 2010; C-E from Makarchenko & Makarchenko 2006.]